After Effects (Beta)

Hi everyone, Starting in Beta build 24.2.0x29, we have added new support for managing the orientation (horizontal/vertical) of Text Layers via scripting. You'll have access to several new hooks in the latest Beta.   First up is new property on the TextDocument: TextDocument.lineOrientation. This read-write property uses the following enums: LineOrientation.HORIZONTAL LineOrientation.VERTICAL_RIGHT_TO_LEFT LineOrientation.VERTICAL_LEFT_TO_RIGHT   The existing LayerCollection functions for creating Text Layers will create them with LineOrientation.HORIZONTAL by default.   Next up is two new functions for creating vertical Text Layers. LayerCollection.addVerticalText(String or TextDocument) LayerCollection.addVerticalBoxText([w,h][, optional String])   The signature of these is exactly the same as their matching horizontal versions. When using these methods, the lineOrientation for the new Text layers will be LineOrientation.VERTICAL_RIGHT_TO_LEFT by

Hi. In build (24.1x10), we have revealed a few new esoteric scripting hooks useful for managing fonts and understanding changes to the font environment. We expect them to be of interest to a small number of scripters who might be tempted to provide alternate views of the font environment.   app.fonts.fontServerRevision app.fonts.getFontByID FontObject.fontID   You can read the updated docs here: https://ae-scripting.docsforadobe.dev/introduction/changelog.html.   The latter two will benefit from a short explanation.   Every underlying native Font instance at runtime is assigned a unsigned integer ID when it is created. This value is now exposed as a read only property on FontObject as fontID. The ID is never re-used in the same app session when the native Font instance is deleted. This value is only valid as long as the app is running (so do not bother saving it to disk).   You can now use this fontID to retrieve the font via the app.fonts.getFontByID()

I am trying to export a composition from Adobe After Effects (Beta) to Premiere Pro (Beta), and receive an error every time like this one:After Effects, Adobe Media Encoder, and Premiere Pro are all up to date and on Beta versions 24.3. I receive this error when attempting to export from AME to Media Encoder: Any help is greatly appreciated!

You may have noticed but starting with After Effects Beta 23.5x31, we’ve added a new way for you to combine 2D and 3D workflows in one composition. Any effect that can reference another layer, such as Displacement Map, Vector Blur, Calculations, or others, can now use the “as rendered” frame of a 3D model layer as a source.    You can use this new workflow to drive effects with 3D models, create highly stylized renders or apply 2D effects to portions of 3D scenes.    We’d like you to explore the possibilities! Here are a few suggestions of things to try:    Displacement Maps  If you add a Displacement Map effect to a layer, you can use the color information of the rendered model to drive displacement amounts. This can be used to simulate refraction (if you also lower the opacity of the model) or to apply a graphic texture to a model (you can also set model layers as Track Mattes).     Note that Displacement Map is applied in layer space

Can I import 3d objects in standard After Effects?

What: Starting with Beta build 24.3x5, Sync Settings functionality has been removed from After Effects. The functionality will continue to be supported in older versions of After Effects (24.2 and prior versions) until the end of 2025, but it will no longer be accessible in 24.3 or newer versions of After Effects.   Workaround: Users of Sync Settings can still manually copy the preferences folder from machine to machine to replicate the functionality of Sync Settings. You can access the preferences folder via the Preferences dialog in AE, inside the Startup & Repair panel (Reveal Preferences in Explorer/Finder).   

Hi there,For some reason the prompt() function is broken in the Beta version of After Effects. Another friend confirmed that, so it's not just me.I'm on Windows 11 and using the 24.2.0 (build 59). Can anybody from the Adobe Team please confirm they got this?CheersDavide

Latest Beta lists two new 3D features in development: iImport of USD files and ability to extract materials. Inport of USD files did not work for me. AE Beta was unable to see the file type when I tried to import those formats. As for Material Extract - that extracted two elements from a glb file but were blank and contained no properties. How is the Material Extract function supposed to be used?

I saw that AE and Media Encoder joined Premiere with emoji icon support in the Essential Graphics panel and text layers for AE. Unfortunately, the AE Beta only seems to be supporting Emoji One on my end instead of Emoji One and the Apple Color Emoji. Is there any fix coming soon to address this? I know users have been asking for this so happy the fonts team added this in.

Hi, Request:Ability to import GLB files into Adobe After Effects that will include the animation of models/character data that is saved in the file.It's no doubt on the roadmap.I just wanted to request it here and also see if there is any hint for when it's coming.

version 24.2.0 (build 71)MacbookPro M2 MaxmacOS Sonoma I have applied masks and rotoscopes to my layers and pre composed them.On this occasion, when opening the project the enitre video is upside down. I've tried opening other projects and they are all opening upside down.Additionally the rotocoped layers seem to be the right way up but now acting as a mask. Please help. Everything was fine last night.  

Is it possible to export to a JSON file that contains an animation with a GLB file?I import a GLB file, create an animation, and want to export it in JSON format. I installed Extensions LottieFiles and Bodymovin, but when exporting to JSON, it shows only an empty file. Is it possible that I'm doing something wrong, or is it just that the JSON format doesn't support 3D objects?

I use a german keyboard with an english AE Version and therefor have several custom shortcuts. if i use cmd+M to send a com to the render queue it minimizes AE and only if i open the keyboard-shortcuts panel quickly, without doing anything cmd+M works. This is also reflected in the menu where the shortcuts are shown next to the menu entry

ya ni siquiera da para escribir el problema aquí (si es que alguien de adobe remotamente se preocupa por leer esto),  10 años con el mismo chiste, dejen de sacar herramientas nuevas "shuper loquillas" para un programa que ni siquiera es capaz de levantar su propia UI de forma satisfactoria. tengo la flamante ultima version de AE en mac, intento abrir un archivo que tiene solo un texto animado y un video, y la ram (32GB) se llena, ademas de genrerar casi 40GB de caché¿en serio es tan dificil hacer caso a la gente del foro que les ha pedido desde el 2014 que solucionen el bug?.. no les pedimos sacar herramientas nuevas, no pedimos meterle IA a todo lo que se les ocurra, es simplemente hacer que el programa haga lo que debe hacer, asi de simple, lo pregunto desde la ignorancia y un poco desde la rabia y la frustración que genera el "chiste" anual de after effects, la verdad es que ni ganas dan de seguir pagando por algo que no funciona, de hecho, si alguien conoce alguna alterna

I have a project with a few comps containing point lights in the old 3D engine and I have tried turning on the advanced 3D engine instead, and it almost looks like the lights just get deleted... but on further investigation it's actually that they're just super, super low intensity. To get them back to roughly equal to the classic engine lights I have to turn the intensity up like 10x. Is this an intentional property of lights in the new engine or is there a bug in their brightness?

Is there a full list of features being tested in the latest After Effects beta? Ditto goes for other apps, is there such a list? (PP, PS, AE)

what should i do..there are not showing the 3d model when i import 3d model GLB file.....

When will 3D Mercury be released in the normal After Effects 2024 version?

Footage works fine in AE otherwise. Happens with MP4 and MOV ProRes 422.When I load the footage into the layer panel and select the Roto Brush tool, it goes blackWith an NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU Issue does not occur in "shipping" version of AE. 

Hello kindly help me out on this please.I've tried to do this with multiple tutorials but non of them are not working.Most tried method:  QUICK TIME> RGB&ALPHA> ANIMAITON> RENDER (not working) it's text animation. as you can see on pictures video is still with bacground 😞 

Composition keeps going black in most recent update to AE Beta (24.2.0 build 38). I quit and re-opened, purged cache and memory several times, no luck. Tried different workspaces, no change.HOWEVER, exact same project looks fine in AE 2024 (non-beta). So the problem is not the project. Running latest version of Mac OS 14.1.2.Thanks!

In Beta, wave warp now no longer smooths lines at higher antialiasing.

I know, I shouldn't use the Beta for real work, but I do ... until sth breaks. &#x1f605(Well, I had to re-render a couple of clips as my modular graphics got reset to default.)Found a super crazy bug, but at least happy, that I found the cause.So, try this:First, the working scenario:I have the source text hooked up via Essential Graphics. Just having them as single entries within the Essential Graphics Panel. I put that comp in another comp and change the text / values and create keys to be super save. Now I save the comp and reopen it: All good.Now, time to break it:I create a Group via Formatting in the Essential Graphics Panel and put the previously created text entries in the group. Now I save the file and open it in the Beta: The keyfames are gone, my text Essential Properties are reset to default.I attach two aep projects:Disappearing Keys Check - fine without group in EG.aepDisappearing Keys Check - breaks with group in EG.aep When you open the files in AE 2024, everything

AE Beta 24.2.0 x26:When using a Shape Layer with a Gradient Fill and setting the Opacity Stop to 0, lines will show up in the gradient. I am not talking about banding, please have a look. Didn't see this behaviour before and it works fine in AE 2024.Thanks (pictures inline and attached as well, plus AE project)